An Easy Way to Make Your Dinner Look Fancy, Even If You're Just Having Takeout. Again.

There are few things, meal-wise, that I find more depressing than eating with a plastic spork out of a disposable plastic tray. Or throw-away chopsticks and a cardboard carton. So even if we're having Chinese food {again }, before putting it all on the dinner table, I'll empty the food into regular dishes with pretty utensils. And it doesn't get much prettier than these gold and copper cooking and tabletop items from West Elm—some of which are currently on sale. There are pieces to prettify your dining-room table, your home bar, even the kitchen counter, which is exactly where I'd display those copper cook's tools.

Which of these items is your favorite? Do you eat takeout from regular dishes? Or straight from the carton?